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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

This is the "heavy cruiser" version of my basic design. This ship has a 4in belt with a 2in deck. The main armament consists of 8-9.2in/50 BLR. The secondary armament is 6-4.7in AA guns. There are also 16-21in TT. The maximum speed is 33 knots. The range is still 8500nm. This is the sort of cruiser killer that Frank Fox told me that he liked. He didn't care for some of my more extreme, super-fast ships with a few heavy guns. I must admit that he is correct in his assessment. I have this near-fatal attraction for really extreme ships that would never be built. This is the Springsharp report:

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

This is the GB/CL/1918 design with 8-7.5in guns. The ship is from the same design family as the others in this series, but has 7.5in guns in turrets, which is one major departure. This is the Springsharp report:

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

My GB/CL/1918 design has 12-6in guns in twin mounts. Four mounts are on the centerline, with two superfiring twin mounts. The other two mounts are on the side, so that there is a ten gun broadside. There is now an 8-4in QF gun secondary battery that could be converted to AA guns. The torpedo armament is 12-21in TT in four triple mounts. The speed is 32 knots, which requires fairly lightweight machinery. This is the Springsharp report:

I looked again at the GB/CL/1916 design. The armament includes 10-6in/50 QF guns. They are in two twin 6in mounts, one at the bow and one at the stern. There are also six single guns, three on each side, amidships ("fore deck, aft" in Springsharp parlance). That gives a seven gun broadside. Realistic fire ahead and astern is just two guns, but for targets that are off center, perhaps as many as five guns could be fired.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

This is my GB/CL/1916 design for a cruiser designed for overseas service and convoying. This type is intended to replace ships such as the cruisers Challenger and Highflyer. Good seakeeping is therefore a priority with a sufficient gun armament to fight German raiding light cruisers, if any were to be dispatched. This is the Springsharp report:

Thursday, February 07, 2008

One of my ongoing interest, since the late 1960's has been super destroyers from the period starting in 1905 and beyond. I think that I had been inspired by what I had found out about the big German destroyers from late in the Great War. My 1908 design is for a British ship with 6-4in QF guns and 4-18in TT. The designed speed is 35 knots. This is the Springsharp report:

Saturday, February 02, 2008

This type wants greater size, but for 1914, all I was willing to do was to go up to 475ft and raise the speed to 28 knots. The second gun aft is in the superfiring position. The armament is still just 7-6in guns and 4-21in TT. The belt is 3in and the deck is 2in. They have decent range with a maximum range of 5500nm at 16 knots. This is the Springsharp report:

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I spent 11 years on active duty in the navy. Half was as an enlisted man and half as an officer. My Dad had interested me in the navy and ships, when I was young. I found that I was attracted to doing research, regardless of topic, although much of that research has been in the fields of naval and military history. My Dad was also an artist, and got me drawing and painting since I was three. Much of my work consists of portraits of military and naval historical figures, as well as ships and tanks.